Comb cleaner



Patented Feb.4 4, 1930 UNITED ,STATES NELL FULTQN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMB CLEANER Application filed April 20,

' Y undertension.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a holding member for' the cleaning web, the holding member being so arranged that the web will be oblique tothe stroke of the comb when in use. Having in view these objects and others which will be pointed out in the following description, I will now refer to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing one form of my comb cleaner. y

Figure 2 is a plan View showinganother form of the comb cleaner. y

The present invention is in the natureof an improvement on the comb cleaner which I have shown and described in my lcepending application Serial No, 324,541, iiled De- @amber 7,1928.

The webbing 10 consists of al plurality of strands having wo'venyp'ortions.l at the opposite extremities, thewoven portions being stitched to form loops at the ends of the webbing. In the-Figure 1 constructionl employ a single piece of stili wire bent into the yform shown. The handle portion 11 is bent to form a loop to be conveniently grasped by the hand. The two portions of wirey at V the loop are parallel to each other for a slight distance at 12 where they are preferably y welded or otherwise secured together. 'The portion 13 is inclined in an upward and rearward direction and the portion 14 is inclined upwardly, rearwardly, and laterally. The

`- portion 15 is horizontal with av slight rearward inclination toward its free end, the free end terminating in a rearwardly and laterally bent portion 16. y

The portion 17 is a continuation of the handle member 11 and it is horizontal, continuing into `a portion 18 which is forwardly and upwardly inclined with respect to both the handle and the portion 17. The portion 19 has a forward, upward, and lateral ine members 15 and 20 i929. serial No. 356,667.

clination and it terminates in the horizontal portion 20 which is orwardlyinclined toward its free extremity. 1

' The portions 13 and 18 are complementary, the one being inclined rearwardly and the other'forwardly at a substantially equal angle. Likewise the portions 14 and 19, are complementary since their inclinations 'are precisely the opposite of each other. JThe holding portion 15 is substantially parallel to the holding portion 20, their inclinations being opposite.

The entire trame hasconsiderable resiliency although it is made from very stiff wire, and when the webbing 10 is attached to the portions 15 and 20, as shown in Figure 1, it is held underv considerable tension. The webbing is iirst slipped with its loop over the free extremity of the holding member 15 rand pressure is then applied between the 70 ends of the frame is order to slip the opposite end loop of the webbing over the holding portion 20. This tension may be adjusted by altering the angles of the portions 13 f and 18 with respect to the portion 17. 7 Since the webbing is secured to the holding which are both biased outwardly but which are parallel to each other, it is obvious that the parallel strands of the webbing will be inclined with'reference to the longitudinal axis of the webbing so that the normal stroke of the comb through the strands of the webbing will cause ythese strands to bear, with greater force against one edge of the teeth of the comb to thus more effectually clean that edge of the teeth. -By simply reversing the comb, the opposite edge of the teeth may be cleaned in a like manner.

In the-Figure 2 construction the webbing 10 is precisely the same-as the webbing 10 in 90 the Figure 1 construction. As a holding means Iprovide a pair of supports for the ends of the webbing. Each of these supports consists of a single piece of wire having a portion 2,1y for engaging a loop Lof the webbing and terminating in an incurved piece 22 at its free extremity. The wire is looped back upon itself at 23 and then formed into a closed loop 24 which is sufliciently large to receive a finger. In this case also the web- Cil bing 10 is held obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the webbing ,since the holding portions 2l are biased outwardly and since the tension on the webbing is normally exerted in a direction which is oblique to the longitudinal axis of the webbing.

The Figure 2 device is designed to be secured at either end to a nail or hook or other convenient support passing through a loop 24. The other loop is then, grasped by theY linger and the webbing is held under tension while in use. The path of the comb will be slightly inclined with respect to the strands of the webbing 10 and the same advantages will be found as in the Figure l construction.

Having thus described my invention in such full, clear, and exact terms that its construction and operation will be readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is:

l. A support for comb cleaning webs having transversely arranged loops at the opposite extremities thereof, said support being in the form of a single piece of wire looped upon itself to provide a handle member, one portion of said wire projecting'first forwardly from said handle member and then upwardly and laterally and terminating in a transverse holding member at right angles to said handle member, the other portion of said wire projecting upwardly and rearwardly v from said handle member and terminating in a second holding member parallel to the first said holding member, the arrangement being such that said two holding members may be sprung toward each other and passed through the respective loops of the web and released to lhold the web under tension. f

2. A comb cleaner, comprising a stranded web having loops at the opposite ends thereof, and a pair of spaced integrally connected holding members each havinga transverse p arm adapted to be threaded through the adjacent loop of the web, said arms being biased outwardly at their free ends to yieldingly hold the web taut.

3. A comb cleaner comprising a stranded web having loops at the-opposite ends thereof, and a single length of wire returned upon itself at an intermediate point to provide a handle, one end portion of the wir'ebeing of greater length than the other and both extremities of the wire being turned upwardly at spaced points and bent crosswise in opposite directions relatively to the axis of the handle to provide spaced apart yieldable arms adapted to be threaded through the loops of the web and maintainthe latter taut.

In testimony whereof I af'x my signature.

NELL FULTON. 

